Roman Torso of Dyonisus 1-2 AD.

Marble Torso of Dionysus with a patina that tell us that this marble was found into water .

In classical mythology, Dionysus or Dionysos is the god of wine, the inspirer of ritual madness and ecstasy, and a major figure of Greek mythology, and one of the twelve Olympians, among whom Greek mythology treated Dionysus as a late arrival. The geographical origins of his cult were unknown to the classical Greeks, but almost all myths depicted him as having "foreign" origins: Dionysus is typical of the god of the epiphany, "the god that comes

Dimensions

40.00cm wide    41.00cm high    20.00cm deep (15.75 inches wide  16.14 inches high  7.87 inches deep)

Provenance

Privat English collection